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Title: Arena Chapel (Cappella Scrovegni;
interior looking west)
Artist: Gioota di Bondone
Date: early 14th century
Medium: fresco paintings
Period: early Renaissance
Historical Significance: Giotto is widely regarded as the first Renaissance painter, and was a pioneer in pursuing a naturalistic approach to representation based on observation.
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Title: pulpit of the bapistery at Pisa
Artist: Nicola Pisano
Date: 13th century
Medium: marble
Period: Medieval
Historical Significance: Shows many medieval design elements, such as the trefoil arches and the lions supporting the columns, while also blending ancient Roman-inspired sarcophagus reliefs.
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Title: Annunciation, Nativity, and Adoration of the Shepards
Artist: Nicola Pisano
Date: 13th century
Medium: marble
Period: Medieval relief on the bapistery pulpit in Pisa
Historical Significance: Shows a return to classical sculpture in the faces types, draping, and weight placement of the figures. |
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Title: Madonna Enthroned, from the Church of Ognissanti
Artist: Giotto di Bondone
Date: early 14th century
Medium: tempura and gold leaf on wood
Period: early Renaissance
Historical Significance: The figures show more of the naturalism of classical art than those in the Byzantine art of Giotto's time. They have more dimensionality and bulk, and they look as though they would have shadows. |
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Title: Lamentation
Artist: Giotto di Bondone
Date: early 14th century
Medium: fresco painting
Period: early Renaissance
Historical Significance: The positioning and expressions on the figures give them an emotional resonance, which was not a concern of other artists before him. Also, the composition of the diagonal hill in the background leads the viewer's eye directly toward the focal point of the painting. Foreshortening on the angels. |
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Title: Florence Cathedral
Artist: Arnolfo di Cambio and others
Date: begun in late 13th century
Medium: architecture
Period: Tuscan Romanesque
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